Senior Applications Engineer
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Job description
We are looking for an Applications & Integration Engineer to bridge our product capabilities with real-world customer deployments. This is a technically deep, commercially aware role that spans the full product lifecycle - from early-stage market discovery and feasibility work through to hands-on site commissioning, performance monitoring, and ongoing product improvement feedback. You will be the primary technical point of contact across customer engagements, acting with confidence in both pre-sales and post-sales environments. You thrive navigating ambiguity, are comfortable on customer sites, and bring a systems-thinking mindset to every challenge.
Key Responsibilities
Pre-Sales & Applications Scouting
- Drive market adjacency mapping and use-case hypothesis development to identify new application opportunities for thermal hardware
- Lead field discovery activities including technical customer interviews and feasibility assessments
- Conduct fit-gap analyses to evaluate product readiness for new configurations and environments
- Contribute to techno-economic modelling and business case development alongside commercial colleagues
- Support initial proposal development (technical and commercial scope), early-stage negotiations, and business analysis activities
- Participate in market conversations and future product exploration initiatives
System Integration Engineering
- Own the detailed site data analysis and end-to-end system design process for customer deployments
- Define system P&IDs and interface documentation; size pipework and select appropriate valves and components
- Develop and maintain system performance models using contractor and customer-supplied data
- Define control philosophy, communications protocols, and high-level electrical design requirements
- Lead review and technical sign-off of contractor-produced P&IDs, schematics, and design calculations
- Identify, flag, and resolve design challenges or integration issues early in the project lifecycle
- Develop integration tooling as required to support project delivery
Site Commissioning & Deployment
- Act as the main technical point of contact throughout deployment and site start-up
- Produce technical commissioning documentation and define hold points for contractor teams
- Provide on-site commissioning support, with particular responsibility for first-of-kind configurations
- Witness and support Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) and deployment activities
- Troubleshoot integration and system issues during commissioning, working hands-on with contractor teams
Customer Lifecycle & Product Improvement
- Conduct thermal load profiling, demand modelling, and high-level input/output analysis for customer sites
- Generate and manage customer site requirements documentation
- Undertake site surveys and site readiness visits to inform design and planning decisions
- Perform compressor right-sizing and configuration analysis for each deployment
- Feed back product improvement insights and field learnings directly to R&D and product teams
- Support ongoing site maintenance oversight and performance monitoring activities
Requirements
Do you have experience in Schematics?, * Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Energy Systems, or a closely related discipline
- Experience in system integration, applications engineering, or technical project delivery - ideally within thermal, HVAC, refrigeration, industrial gas, or energy hardware sectors
- Comfortable reading and producing P&IDs, schematics, and engineering calculations
- Hands-on experience with commissioning activities on physical hardware systems
- Strong technical communication skills - able to present clearly to both engineering and commercial audiences
- Comfortable in customer-facing settings, including site visits and technical sales conversations
- Self-directed, with the ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously
Desirable
- Experience with control system architectures and communications protocols (e.g. Modbus, BACnet, CAN)
- Background in compressor technology, heat pump systems, or industrial thermal processes
- Familiarity with techno-economic or systems performance modelling
- Experience working in a scale-up or early-commercial-stage hardware company
Benefits & conditions
- The opportunity to work on technically novel thermal hardware at the frontier of industrial decarbonisation
- A varied, high-ownership role spanning commercial, design, and site delivery work
- A collaborative, engineering-led culture where your insights directly shape product development
- Competitive salary, equity participation, and benefits package
- Flexible hybrid working with regular site and customer travel